Climate Matters•July 15, 2026
https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/climate-change-sleep-loss
KEY FACTS
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Sufficient sleep quality and duration are essential for people’s health and well-being, but hotter nighttime temperatures are making it harder for people to get the rest they need.
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Globally, the average person lost nearly 56 hours of sleep per year due to high ambient temperatures during the 2020-2025 period, according to a new analysis from Climate Central.
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Cities across the Middle East experienced the highest levels of climate change-attributed sleep loss between 2020 and 2025.
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Across nearly every city analyzed, the amount of temperature-related sleep loss linked to climate change has at least doubled since the early 1970s.
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Air conditioning can help protect people from hot nights, but access to cooling is often tied to income, and high temperatures can still reduce sleep when cooling is available.
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— Tom Nelson (@TomANelson) July 15, 2026
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— The American Storm (@BigJoeBastardi) July 16, 2026
Related:
ABC News: ‘Climate change is making it harder for us to sleep’ – ‘Contributing to an increase in cases of sleep apnea’ – July 11, 2025
Time Mag: ‘Climate change is causing sleep loss’ – ‘Led to 5% more hours of sleep lost worldwide over the past five years’ – Lancet study – October 30, 2024
STUDY: ‘Climate change is leading to loss of sleep worldwide’ – Sleep ‘may be degraded by warmer temperatures’ – May 20, 2022
ECO-ANXIETY STUDY: CHILDREN ARE LOSING SLEEP & BAD DREAMS OVER ‘CLIMATE CHANGE’ – March 3, 2020
Claim: ‘Climate Change Wrecking Your Sleep’ – Study finds ‘sleep loss resulting from global warming’ – May 12, 2018
